Lao Tzu

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Watering your dreams

Posted by Robin on May 10, 2010
Posted in: Challenges, Dreams, Good advice, Learning, Mindfulness, Spirit, Water. Tagged: , , . 4 Comments

(Waterfall and orchids.)

Be careful what you water your dreams with.  Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.  Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success.  Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success.  Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

~ Lao Tzu

Stepping through the portal

Posted by Robin on January 13, 2007
Posted in: Age, Beginnings, Change, Earth, Endings, Life, Living, Meditative journeys, Photography, Portals & Pathways, Seasons, Spirit, Spirit of the Seasons, Travels. Tagged: , , , , , . 5 Comments


(April 2006. Photo by Robin)

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. ~Lao Tzu

I set out on a new journey, a meditative journey, my knapsack over my shoulder, looking like the Fool dancing on the edge of a cliff, ready to take a giant leap of faith.

Why is it The Clash is running through my head?

Should I stay or should I go now?
Should I stay or should I go now?
If I go there will be trouble
And if I stay it will be double…

I leap…

And find myself at a doorway, a portal to another land. I can clearly see the pathway, but have no idea where it will lead.

Should I stay or should I go now?

13 March 2012 update:  Funny how this old post is just as appropriate for me today as it was in 2007.  Life just keeps cycling from beginning to ending to beginning to… well, you get the idea.  New journeys, new adventures, happening all the time.